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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) — Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif appeared in court on Friday, a day after returning from overseas to face corruption allegations that saw him ejected from office and targeted with an arrest warrant. In a brief hearing in Islamabad, Sharif paid two surety bonds of five million rupees ($48,000) each before leaving under tight security, his lawyer Khawaja Haris told AFP. The court is set to reconvene on November 7. The […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Sexual harassment of women should “never be tolerated”, Ivanka Trump told an audience in Tokyo on Friday, calling for women to be treated with greater respect at work. The speech came as global headlines are dominated by sexual harassment claims against prominent men in entertainment and politics. The new round of claims has revived memories of her father Donald Trump’s boasts about groping women, which emerged during the US presidential campaign. […]
RABAT, Morocco (AFP) — One man was shot dead and two others were hurt in a tourist area of Marrakesh, authorities in Morocco said, adding that it appeared to be a local settling of scores. Two attackers wearing balaclavas shot the victim at a cafe in the town, a popular destination for foreign visitors. The man, who was hit in the head, died instantly. The two assailants also injured two other people in a hail […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Cuba’s foreign minister on Thursday accused anyone claiming attacks took place against US diplomats in Havana of “deliberately lying,” echoing comments he made last week in an ongoing dispute. “It is time the United States tells the truth or presents evidence,” Bruno Rodriguez insisted during a press conference in Washington, referring to incidents which affected the health of at least 24 US embassy officials in Havana, according to the State Department. “Those […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US bombers accompanied by Japanese and South Korean warplanes flew a mission in the South Korea region Thursday amid high regional tensions, the US Air Force said. Two supersonic B-1B Lancer bombers took off from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, then flew south of South Korea and west of Japan where they were joined by Japan Air Self-Defense Force fighters, the US Pacific Air Force said in a statement. […]
by Sébastien BLANC Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the death penalty for the Uzbek national charged with carrying out the New York truck attack, demanding swift justice. But the death penalty remains a rare sentence — and typically it takes years to be carried out. A legal possibility Sayfullo Saipov, a 29-year-old immigrant from Uzbekistan, is accused of killing eight people in Tuesday’s onslaught on […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Republican leaders unveiled a sweeping tax bill Thursday that would dramatically slash corporate rates, but the measure was already under fire from within the party despite pressure from President Donald Trump. Simmering disagreements persisted over what should end up in the largest tax overhaul since Ronald Reagan’s 1980s presidency, with at least one House Republican openly opposing the legislation. The effort, conducted largely […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — A Spanish judge has issued a European warrant for the arrest of ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, his Belgian lawyer told Flemish television late Thursday. Puigdemont, dismissed last week as Catalan president by the Spanish government and who has since been holed up in Belgium, would fight an eventual bid to extradite him, his lawyer Paul Bekaert told the VRT channel. “I have just received word from my client that indeed it […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Pyongyang may be preparing for another missile test, South Korea’s spy agency said Thursday according to reports, just days before US President Donald Trump visits the divided peninsula. “There is a possibility that North Korea will launch a missile as active movements of vehicles have been detected at a missile research facility in Pyongyang,” the National Intelligence Service told a closed-door parliamentary audit, the Yonhap news agency reported. In July […]
by Thomas URBAIN Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The Manhattan cycle path where a truck attack killed eight people reopened on Thursday, as New Yorkers and tourists flocked back to the much-loved spot to reject fear and relish in the city’s trademark diversity. Floral tributes remain in honor of the 20 victims, the eight who died and the 12 injured when an Uzbek immigrant allegedly inspired by the Islamic State group […]
by Simon Sturdee with Alfons Luna in Barcelona © Agence France-Presse MADRID, Spain (AFP) — A large chunk of Catalonia’s deposed government was behind bars Thursday after a Spanish judge ordered their detention pending probes into their role in the region’s independence drive, prompting fresh street protests. Carles Puigdemont, dismissed last week as Catalan president by the Spanish government and who has since been holed up in Belgium, meanwhile was facing a possible EU arrest warrant after […]
by Pierre Rochiccioli and Clare Byrne © Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The brother of a French jihadist who shot dead seven people, including three Jewish schoolchildren, in 2012, received a 20-year jail term Thursday for terrorism in the first trial arising out of a wave of attacks by homegrown radicals. Abdelkader Merah, the older brother of infamous Toulouse “scooter killer” Mohamed Merah, was convicted of being part of a terrorist conspiracy but cleared of having […]
